| Deposit ID | 10039467 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050125 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Glory Hole Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Globe |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.49124, 32.75982 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1292 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NW OF COPPER CREEK, 1500 FT W OF COPPER PRINCE, IN GALIURO MT S |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 018E | 03,10 | S OF CENTER (03) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | IN GENERAL ASSAYS LESS THAN 3% CU WHERE FOUND BELOW 200 LEVEL IN O XIDIZED & LEACHED ZONE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Glory Hole Volcanics;Copper Creek Granodiorite |
| Rock description | Glory Hole Volcanics;Copper Creek Granodiorite |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.49124, 32.75982 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nnw Trending Block Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults Striking E-W, N60e, & N10w; Breccia Pipe - Contact Shows No Evidence Of Movement |
| General form | PIPE-LIKE |
|---|---|
| Length | 33.53M |
| Width | 21.34M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 182.88M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bunker Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 198.12M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050125 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210393 |
SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461
WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378
KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOL, V. 36, NO. 5, P. 512-538
GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V. 11, P. 25-31
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE EXPLORES 3 CLOSELY SPACED BRECCIA PIPES. DIMENSIONS ABOVE AR E FOR MAIN PIPE. SECOND PIPE IS 100 FT ACROSS; THIRD IS SMALL. LAYERIN G OF FRAGMENTS DIPS N AT 25-35 DEG. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050125 WITH RE CORD M000721 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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